Americans and the world have been following the countless attempts by Democrats to silence and neutralize the front-runner Republican candidate for the White House in 2024, namely former President Donald Trump.
In addition to campaigning for the last year and outdistancing his Republican opponents for the nomination, Trump, his legal team, and family have had to constantly appear in court and fight endless battles with hostile judges that all stem from his declarations during the 2020 election that there was fraudulent voting.
Never mind that vast numbers of Americans agree with Trump, including many Republican governors and a growing number of Democrats. Evidence has surfaced in states still fighting the allegations, such as Georgia and Arizona.
But the proceedings are far from fair, and Trump has continually been slapped with gag orders that aim to prohibit the former president from making statements on social media to keep his base informed.
The case by New York Attorney General Letitia James and presided over by Judge Arthur Engoron, who has also issued a gag order against Trump, is one instance.
But the latest trigger gag order imposed on Trump is the one by Federal District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan. Judge Chutkan reinstated her previous gag order on Sunday after some “legal wrangling.”
Trump is understandably frustrated and has expressed his outrage on Truth Social, starting Monday night around 1am.
“RADICAL LEFT JUDGE TAKING AWAY MY RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH IN ORDER TO HELP CROOKED JOE BIDEN & HIS THIRD WORLD ELECTION INTERFERENCE SCAM. AS GOOD AS THIS SOUNDS, IT WON’T WORK!”
Trump followed up the statement with:
“REMEMBER, CROOKED JOE BIDEN AND HIS RADICAL LEFT THUGS WAITED THREE YEARS TO BRING THESE INDICTMENTS & LAWSUITS AGAINST ME, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF MY CAMPAIGN!”
Later, at 4:24 in the morning, Trump posted:
“ELECTION INTERFERENCE!!!”
Trump has repeatedly pointed out that the years-long cases have waited until close to primaries and the upcoming election to proceed. No movement was made in the charges until the time that Trump declared his hat in the ring for the Republican nomination.
Therefore, it is obvious from the timing and the number of charges in several states that the timing must be intentional. Hence the content of Trump’s posts.
The gag order circus includes fines as well, recently culminating with Trump getting up and leaving court after repeated legal smackdowns by Judge Arthur Engoron that included a $10,000.oo fine for violating his gag order a second time.
Engoron has also ruled that Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, must testify at the trial in his court, despite Ivanka having already bee ruled out as a witness. She is not named as a defendant in the trial, unlike both her brothers, who are named defendants and were on the witness list.
Trump followed up on his late night posts today with these words:
“RADICAL LEFT JUDGE TAKING AWAY MY RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH IN ORDER TO HELP CROOKED JOE BIDEN & HIS THIRD WORLD ELECTION INTERFERENCE SCAM. AS GOOD AS THIS SOUNDS, IT WON’T WORK!”
And, punctuating the intent of the multiple suits:
“REMEMBER, CROOKED JOE BIDEN AND HIS RADICAL LEFT THUGS WAITED THREE YEARS TO BRING THESE INDICTMENTS & LAWSUITS AGAINST ME, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF MY CAMPAIGN!”
The legal attempts to stifle the former president seem to have backfired, as support for Trump has soared since the subpoenas began.
NBC News reported today that “Former President Donald Trump now leads his nearest Republican rivals by nearly 30 points in Iowa, with two-thirds of likely GOP caucus goers dismissing the severity of his legal challenges,” according to a survey conducted by J.Ann Selzer.
The poll shows Nikki Haley rising to tie with Ron DeSantis, but also shows Trump’s supporters are more enthusiastic and locked into their choice than Haley’s and DeSantis’ backers are, even as likely Republican caucus goers are divided over whether Trump should remain the leader of the GOP,” NBC continued.
It seems the Republican Party had better listen to their GOP voters, who are overwhelmingly in Trump’s camp, and the poll shows that a whopping 63% of Trump supporters’ minds are “completely made up,” and they are firm on Trump, compared to only a third of DeSantis and Haley backers who say the same about their candidates.
“My life was a lot better when Trump was in office. I felt safe; things were cheaper; he helped out the farmers and my parents. Things were better – plain and simple,” said poll respondent Kendall Pelzer, 53, of Bettendorf, Iowa, who says he’s caususing for Trump, NBC wrote.
NBC further noted that Trump’s lead is up from the same poll conducted in August.
Showing his substantial lead among Republicans polled, Trump also shows a less-sizable but clear lead among Independents as well.
The latest Five Thirty Eight poll shows among Americans Trump shows 45% favor, and the previous same poll a day earlier showed Trump’s popularity among Republicans nationwide to be at 81%.
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